Safety and early effectiveness of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for large angiomyolipomas.

Shay GolanScott C JohnsonMatthew J MauriceJihad H KaoukWeil R LaiBenjamin R LeeSteven V KheyfetsChandru P SundaramDavid B CahnRobert G UzzoArieh L Shalhav

Published in: BJU international (2017)

Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy appears to be a safe primary or secondary (post-SAE) treatment for large AMLs, with a favourable perioperative morbidity profile and excellent functional preservation. Longer follow-up is required to fully evaluate therapeutic efficacy.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing